-LRB- EW.com -RRB- -- `` The Hunger Games '' movie may not have had trouble earning a PG-13 rating , but many parents and educators are wondering whether the best-selling book trilogy belongs on library shelves .

The American Library Association 's Office for Intellectual Freedom released its annual list of most frequently challenged books of 2011 yesterday , and the increased popularity of Suzanne Collins ' dystopian saga -- in large part fueled by buzz surrounding the blockbuster film -- drove the books higher on the list . In 2010 , only the first novel cracked the top ten at number five . In 2011 , all three books occupy the number three position , and the complaints have grown more varied : `` anti-ethnic ; anti-family ; insensitivity ; offensive language ; occult/satanic ; violence . ''

The ALA keeps track of challenges filed and counted 327 reported attempts to restrict or remove books from schools and libraries in 2011 . The association defines a challenge as `` a formal , written complaint filed with a library or school requesting that a book or other material be restricted or removed because of its content or appropriateness . ''

Barbara Jones , director of the ALA 's Office for Intellectual Freedom , told the Associated Press that many of the complaints leveled against `` The Hunger Games '' books focused on the film version directed by Gary Ross . `` There was complaining about the choice of actors for the film , '' she said . `` You had people saying someone was dark-skinned in the book , but not in the film , or dark-skinned in the film and not in the book . In general , a lot more people were aware of the books and that led to more kinds of complaints . ''

Lauren Myracle , a regular on these types of lists , came in at number one with her epistolary Internet Girl books . But the book that topped the list last year -- `` And Tango Makes Three , '' about two male penguins who raise a baby chick together -- did n't crack the top ten . Jones said she 'd like to believe that people are becoming more tolerant of homosexuality , but it may just be that other books are attracting more attention .

What do you think about the complaints against `` The Hunger Games '' books ? `` Violence , '' I get , but can you see why anyone would call them `` anti-family '' or `` anti-ethnic '' ?

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American Library Association releases its annual list of most frequently challenged books

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`` The Hunger Games '' books occupy the number three position

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ALA counted 327 reported attempts to restrict or remove books from schools and libraries